72% of men reported drinking alcohol within the government guidelines in an average week. 80% of women reported doing so.

The average consumption level among both men and women was below government guidelines.

Among students age 11 to 15, 18% reported drinking alcohol within the week before the interview. This is 31% lower than seven years earlier.

Six percent of men and two percent of women were classified as classified as harmful drinkers. This is defined as having a pattern of drinking which is likely to cause physical or psychological harm. This does not mean that they are alcoholic. Alcoholics would be a small proportion of all harmful drinkers.

There were 6,769 deaths in England recorded as directly related to alcohol abuse.

The National Health Service publishes a report on alcohol consumption each year.

Source:

National Health Service. Statistics on Alcohol, England 2010. National Health Service. Information Centre for Health and Social Data, 2010. (http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/alcohol10/Statistics_on_Alcohol_England_2010.pdf)

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